50 Ocean Quotes that Shore are Perfect for Your Next Insta Post

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50 Fintastic Ocean Quotes for Instagram CaptionsDesign by Yoora Kim

Is there any place more beautiful than the ocean? From the sparkling blue water to the fish that live inside it and the seashells that wash up on shore, it's a living piece of art. A perfect summer day sounds like a nice trip to the shore, with some sunbathing, sandcastle building, a dip in the waves, and of course, lots of pics (because did you really go to the beach if you didn't take pics??). And if you take some pics, of course you're going to need the *perfect* caption to go along with your post. Ahead are 50 funny and beautiful ocean quotes and song lyrics for you to use for as your next Instagram caption.

🌊 Funny Ocean Sayings

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  • "Your only worry should be if the tide is going to reach your chair."

  • "I hope someday I'll wake up to see that I love on the beach."

  • "Only on the beach can we go a splishin' and a splashin'." — Kate Summers

  • "Beachology: Be shore of yourself. Don't be crabby. Let the worries drift away. Drown our pier pressure. Soak up positive energy. Seas life's moments."

  • "When life gives you happiness deficiency, try adding Vitamin Sea to your travels. Believe me, it always works!" — Aakash Nand

  • "May you always have a shell in your pocket and sand in your shoes."

  • "My favorite ocean? Let's just say I don't have a pacific favorite."

  • "Everyone should believe in something. I believe I should go to the beach."

  • "The beach is in our blood. Everyone in our family returns to the beach instinctively, just like sea turtles." — Sandy Archibald

  • "Disclaimer: The beach may cause extreme relaxation, changes in skin color, changes in state of mind, steady breathing, lower blood pressure, and in most cases it will cause addiction."

  • "B.E.A.C.H. Best Escape Anyone Can Have."

  • "Sunshine and waves are like bacon and eggs." — Theodore W. Higginsworth

  • "All you need is a good dose of Vitamin Sea."

  • "If you're lucky enough to live by the sea, you're lucky enough."

  • "I miss being on beach vacation and never knowing what day of the week it is."

  • "Ocean, n. A body of water occupying about two-thirds of a world made for man — who has no gills." — Ambrose Bierce

🌊 Beautiful Ocean Quotes

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  • "The ocean makes me feel really small and it makes me put my whole life into perspective." — Beyoncé

  • "Every time I slip into the ocean, it's like going home." — Sylvia Earle

  • "The waves of the sea help me get back to me." — Jill Davis

  • "Your heart is like the ocean, mysterious and dark." — Bob Dylan

  • "I love the ocean. I've always liked the blue, so tranquil and peaceful and gliding. And the fear of it." — Siouxsie Sioux

  • "For whatever we lose (like a you or a me), it's always our self we find in the sea." — E.E. Cummings

  • "I will find comfort in the rhythm of the sea." — Charlotte Eriksson

  • "Dance with the waves, move with the sea, let the rhythm of the water set your soul free." — Christy Ann Martine

  • "Live in the sunshine, swim the sea, drink the wild air." — Ralph Waldo Emerson

  • "Smell the sea and feel the sky. Let your soul and spirit fly." — Van Morrison

  • "They say home is where the heart is. For most people, that consists of four walls and a welcome mat. But for me, it's the ocean." — Unknown

  • "You can't stop the waves but you can learn to surf." — Hawaiian Proverb

  • "Because there's nothing more beautiful than the way the ocean refuses to stop kissing the shoreline, no matter how many times it's sent away." — Sarah Kay

  • "Why do we love the sea? It is because it has some potent power to make us think things we like to think." — Robert Henri

  • "I want to be as beautiful as the ocean." — Jules, Euphoria

  • "The sea does not like to be restrained." — Rick Riordan

  • "The sea, once it casts its spell, holds one in its net of wonder forever." — Jacques Cousteau

  • "She loves the serene brutality of the ocean, loves the electric power she felt with each breath of wet, briny air." — Holly Black

  • "The sea is an underwater museum still awaiting its visitors." — Philippe Diolé

  • "The ocean is a desert of waves, a wilderness of water." — Langston Hughes

  • "I wanted freedom, open air, and adventure. I found it on the sea." — Alain Gerbeault

  • "I have seafoam in my veins, I understand the language of waves." — Le Testament d' Orphée

  • "There's never an end for the sea." — Samuel Beckett

  • "The ocean is a mighty harmonist." — William Wordsworth

  • "Take me to the ocean. Let me sail the open sea. To breathe the warm and salty air and dream of things to be." — Erica Billups

  • "The ocean stirs the heart, inspires the imagination, and brings eternal joy to the soul." — Robert Wylan

  • "My soul is full of longing for the secret of the sea, and the heart of the great ocean sends a thrilling pulse through me." — Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

  • "The heart of man is very much like the sea, it has its storms, it has its tides, and it is depths it has its pearls too." — Vincent Van Gogh

🌊 Ocean Song Lyrics

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  • "Life is the bubbles under the sea." — The Little Mermaid, 'Under The Sea'

  • "When these sails go up, mountains fade away, stars come out, I'm finally free. It's only the ocean and me." — Jack Johnson, 'Only the Ocean'

  • "Waves don't die." — Kanye West, 'Waves'

  • "I'll ride the wave where it takes me." — Pearl Jam, 'Release'

  • "See the line where the sky meets the sea? It calls me. And no one knows how far it goes." — Moana, 'How Far I'll Go'

  • "Everybody's gone surfin', surfin' U.S.A." — The Beach Boys, 'Surfin' U.S.A.'

  • "The smallest oceans still get big, big waves." — Pearl Jam, 'Tremor Christ'

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